85-yr-old man murdered in Oyo •Head, intestines, genital removed

Police detectives from Oyo State Police Command are currently on the trail of murderer(s) of an 85-year-old man, Pa Raheem Oyeniyi, who was killed in the early hours of Thursday, December 31, 2015, in his house at Oke Apo area of Oyo town.

Information gathered revealed that the headless body of the deceased was found in his house by his relations who went to check on him when they noticed that he was not in the mosque for Subhi prayers.

Closer look by the relations also revealed that late Pa Oyeniyi’s intestines and manhood were missing, while his scrotal sac was also emptied of its two testes.

Sunday Tribune learnt that the incident was reported at Durbar police station at about 7.30a.m by the Baale of Oke Apo community, Chief Waheed Oyeniyi and the deceased’s son, Afeez Oyeniyi. One of the deceased’s nephew (names withheld), who is strongly suspected to be involved in the murder, was reported to have arrived Pa Oyeniyi’s house in the evening of December 30, 2015, and was ushered into the house by the deceased when he saw that he stayed outside.

Reports had it that the nephew was mentally unstable, while some other sources said that he was an Indian hemp addict. He had been nowhere to be found since the incident occurred.

Detectives from Durbar division reportedly moved to the scene and took the corpse to the mortuary for autopsy and investigation.

But the family of the deceased reportedly insisted on the corpse being released to them for burial according to Islamic injunction, though they allowed the autopsy to be carried out. The headless body was reportedly buried on Friday, January 1. In what seemed to be a link with the murder, it was gathered that police were alerted on Saturday, January 2, of a human head found in a river at Awe community in Oyo.Policemen reportedly moved to the scene quickly to recover the head, which, it was learnt, had been deposited in the State Hospital at Oyo for possible identification by the deceased’s family and medical analysis. 

Attempts by Sunday Tribune to speak with Chief Oyeniyi was rebuffed, as he said that the pain his family experienced by the gruesome killing of an elder in the family was enough for them to bear, without recourse to recounting the incident. He added that as a chief under the Alaafin of Oyo, Oba Lamidi Adeyemi, he was not in a position to speak without the approval of the monarch.

 “We have accepted what has happened as our fate, but we believe that God will catch up with whoever perpetrated the killing,” Chief Oyeniyi stated.

Confirming the report of the killing, the Commissioner of Police in Oyo State, Leye Oyebade, said that he had instructed that the case be transferred to the Criminal Investigation Department, Iyaganku, Ibadan, for further investigation.